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Baccarat Workers Vote “UNION YES” by Large Majority!

November 1, 2016 – The workers of the Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York have voted by a large majority, in an election conducted by the U.S. Government, to be represented by our union.

The vote was: YES 86 (67%)
NO 42 (33%)

The margin was especially impressive in light of the extraordinarily aggressive anti-union campaign waged by the company, which was apparently “masterminded” by an old anti-union lawyer named Archibald Stokes of Atlanta, Georgia.

Union President Peter Ward had this to say on the victory: “The members of HTC welcome the Baccarat workers into our ranks, and we urge Baccarat management to accept the clear decision of the employees. We intend to negotiate a fair contract that recognizes the exceptional quality of the hotel and its staff and we hope management will approach the negotiations with us in the same spirit.”